6,5 hours of spacewalk? Phew, snail's pace! Most of my successful Kerbal EVAs take less than 10 minutes from start to finish.

Of course most of my unsuccessful ones end with some poor Kerbanaut helplessly drifting off into deep space. Maybe it's not such a bad idea to take it slow... ;-)

On a more serious note: After reading the recent Ars piece about spacewalk training, I am honestly in awe of anyone who can manage even the most simple tasks under those kinds of conditions, not to mention difficult jobs like moving heavy (or rather "massive") equipment.

6,5 hours of spacewalk? Phew, snail's pace! Most of my successful Kerbal EVAs take less than 10 minutes from start to finish.

Of course most of my unsuccessful ones end with some poor Kerbanaut helplessly drifting off into deep space. Maybe it's not such a bad idea to take it slow... ;-)

On a more serious note: After reading the recent Ars piece about spacewalk training, I am honstely in awe of anyone who can manage even the most simple tasks under those kinds of conditions, not to mention difficult jobs like performing heavy (or rather "massive") equipment.

I still don't have words for this; I can watch live video from an astronaut doing something in space from the comfort of my couch. It's truly amazing.

It is very cool, but televised EVA's aren't that new though. I remember as a kid being home sick from school and watching Story Musgrave and crew do the first repair on Hubble. I was amazed at how methodically they went through the repair, step by step, counting every turn of every screw and how all those little steps went into the bigger repair.

Given the recent Hollywood spotlight on spacewalks, NASA made a concerted effort to emphasize this was by no means a Gravity situation, telling NPR "no, no, no."

Unlike the early days of TV when newscasters tried to reassure the public of a possible favorable outcome. Maybe there was some naive concern for the families of the astronauts or something. I wonder how Apollo 13 would sound on CNN today?